Winter Paralympics 2002

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VIII. Winter Paralympics
Paralympics logo (1994-2004)
Venue: United StatesUnited States Salt Lake City
Opening ceremony: March 7, 2002
Closing ceremony: March 16, 2002
Opened by: George W. Bush
(President of the United States)
Olympic torch : Muffy Davis
Chris Waddell
Competitions: 34 in 4 sports
Countries: 36
Athletes: 416
← Nagano 1998
Turin 2006 →
Medal table
space country gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal total
1 GermanyGermany Germany 17th 1 15th 33
2 United StatesUnited States United States 10 22nd 11 43
3 NorwayNorway Norway 10 3 6th 19th
4th AustriaAustria Austria 9 10 10 29
5 RussiaRussia Russia 7th 9 5 21st
6th CanadaCanada Canada 6th 4th 5 15th
7th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 6th 4th 2 12
8th AustraliaAustralia Australia 6th 1 0 7th
9 FinlandFinland Finland 4th 1 3 8th
10 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 4th 0 2 6th
Complete medal table

The 8th Winter Paralympics were held from March 7 to 16, 2002 in the American city ​​of Salt Lake City , the capital of the US state of Utah . The Paralympics are the Olympic Games for people with physical disabilities . About 416 athletes from 36 nations took part in the competitions in three sports and were accommodated in the Paralympic Village.

Andorra , Chile , China , Croatia , Greece and Hungary took part in the Paralympic Winter Games for the first time. The German team led the medal table with a total of 17 gold, 22 silver and 11 bronze medals ahead of the United States and Norway .

The media and visitor interest in the Paralympic Games increased further after Nagano in 1998 . Due to the high demand for tickets for certain events, the total number of tickets available has been increased from 225,000 to 248,000. The final sale was 211,790 - that's 85% of the tickets sold.

A total of 836 accredited media representatives covered the Games in Salt Lake City for print media, photography, radio and television and more than 30 broadcasters. After months of negotiations, a live broadcast of all sports worldwide was secured.

The games were overshadowed by the first doping case in the history of the Winter Paralympics: Methenolone was detected in Thomas Oelsner from Germany , whereupon he had to return his two gold medals in biathlon and cross-country skiing, was excluded from the games and banned internationally for two years.

Latvian Paralympic Postage Stamp

The official mascot of the games was Otto the otter .

Competitions

Attendees

Of the 36 nations that registered for the Games in Salt Lake City, Andorra , Chile , China , Croatia , Greece and Hungary took part in the Paralympic Winter Games for the first time.

Europe (267)
America (86)
Asia (54)
Africa (1)
Oceania (8)
(participating athletes) * Participation in Winter Paralympics for the first time


Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Salt Lake City 2002. paralympic.org, accessed March 8, 2018 .
  2. ^ Doping offender Oelsner banned for two years. In: Spiegel Online. March 13, 2002, accessed March 10, 2010 .